MARKUS LINNENBRINK

b. 1961, Germany

Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and Dortmund, Germany

 

Education

1985-88  Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin

1982-85                  Gesamthochschule, Kassel

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009       The Columns, Seoul, Korea

Galerie MaxEstrella, Madrid

                  Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco

2008       TRICKY FEVER, Galerie Fiedler Contemporary, Cologne

2007       FIFTEEN MINUTES WITH YOU, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                  CECIN'ESTPASDUDISCO, The Columns Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

                  Fiedler Gallery, Cologne, Solo exhibition in Basel, Switzerland

                  AUFSTEIGEND (WALKABOUT), Kunstverein Kreis Gütersloh

2006       EVERYTHING ECSTATIC, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco

                  VIELLEICHT LASS UNS DAS ALLEES NEHMEN, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover

                  MAYBEICANTAKEEVERYTHING, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

                  ALLES EKSTASE, Märkisches Museum, Witten, Germany

                  DARKER THAN BLUE (DIAMOND IN THE BACK), Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld

2005       WorksonPaper, Sean Rudolph Projects, Houston

                  SCHICK SCHNACK SCHNUCK, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York

2004       EVOKE AN OBJECT, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL

                  Galerie Renate Schröder, Köln

                  SCHIEFEBAHN, Museum Neue Galerie, Kassel (wall painting)

2003       THE BEAUTY YOU ARE, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NYC, NY

                  MYSELF OUTSIDE, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (wall painting)

                  Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL

                  Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002       Margaret Thatcher Projects, NYC, NY (wall painting)

                  MITTIGLIGHT, Museum Katharinehof, Kranenburg, Germany (wall painting)

                  Reflect What You Are, Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln

2001       Poured Milled Pressed, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NYC, NY

                  Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                  Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln

                  Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

2000       Layered Over, Wassermann Gallery, Munich

                  Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln

1999       Neues Gestirn, Singel 74 Gallery, Amsterdam (with Matthias Lanfer)

                  Let Run, Wassermann Gallery, Munich

                  The Bottom Line, Kunstverein Ahlen/Westf.

                  Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln

                  Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

1998       FIND AN UNIDENTICAL TWIN, Wolfgang Werth Gallery, Düsseldorf

                  circumambient, Kunstverein Recklinghausen

                  Only Zebras?, Wassermann Gallery, Munich

                  Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln

1997       Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln

1996       stripes, Verein für aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen

                  stripes do not a zebra make, Vincenz Sala Gallery, Brüssel

1995        Foundation, Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss (floor painting)

                  Colorado, Wolfgang Werth Gallery, Düsseldorf

                  Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln

1994       Colorado, Vincenz Sala Gallery, Berlin

1993       RGB+CO, Wolfgang Werth Gallery, Düsseldorf

                  On the Floor, Weber Gallery, Münster (floorpainting)

1992       Charchut & Werth Gallery, Düsseldorf

                  Striped, Museum am Ostwall (Studio), Dortmund

1991       Vincenz Sala Gallery, Berlin (also 1988)

1990       Hete A.M. Hünermann Gallery, Düsseldorf

                  City Gallery, Kulturring Sundern

1988       Produzentengalerie, Kassel

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008       ..einen AUGEN-Blick, bitte" / Please cast an eye...! Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth e.V., Bodenburg

                  Abstrakt - Malerei und Skulpturen, Krammig & Pepper Contemporary, Berlin

                  Print Publishers Spotlight: center street studio, The Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA

                  DESIGNS FROM WALLPAPERLAB, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, VA

                  FUNDAMENTAL ABSTRACTION II, Haines Gallery, San Francisco

                  2007 BRIGHT, I SPACE, The Chicago Gallery of the University of Illinois, Chicago

                  HOT AND COLD, abstract prints from the center street studio, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College       Boston

                  HOLIDAY READING, Number35, New York

                  AN ECLECTIC EYE, Selections from the Dean Leach Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, AZ

2006        Transparent, Aquarellmalerei der Gegenwart, XYLON Museum Schwetzingen

                  THE SCENT OF KOREA, Daegu National Museum, South Korea

2005        KLASSE GIRKE, Verein fur aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen

                  Sammlung Weisshaupt, Museum for Kondrete Junst, Ingolstadt

                  COLOR THEORY, Schweinfurt Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY

2004       Kinetic, bank Gallery, Los Angeles

                  Leben Mit Kunst - Sammlung Weishaupt, Museum fuer Konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt

                  Prints and Portfolios from the Center Street Studio, Boston, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art

                  Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, MA

                  ABSTRACTION PURE & IMPURE, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island,

                  Kingston, RI. Curated by Judith Tolnick.

                  PRIVATGRÜN: Kunst im privaten Raum, Schrebergarten of Familie Kunz, Cologne (outdoor                   installation).Curated by Jochen Heufelder.

                  Colors & Stripes, Robert Drees Gallery, Hannover

                  Hard & Soft, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

                  STOP & STORE, Luxe, New York, NY

                  THE COLOR LINE, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY. Curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian.

2003       STRATA, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

                  Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia

                  Summer Color, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY

                  Chilufim/Transfer, Kunstmuseum Bonn (wall painting)

                  Haus Esters, Krefeld (wall painting)

2002       Breathing Room, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

                  Transit, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

                  Floor-to-Ceiling, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

                  Chilufim/Transfer, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya; Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel;

                  Kunstverein Heinsberg, Germany

2001       Heat, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

                  Encaustics, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago (4 Person)

2000       Painting Today-Overseas and Here, Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln, Germany

                  Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                  Seems: Work at the Edge of the Exhibition Space, The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern

                  University, Evanston, IL (wall painting)

                  After Zürich, La Ferronerie Gallery, Paris

                  The Color Got Me, Verein für aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen

                  Abstrakt Eins, Gallery Fahnemann, Berlin

1999       Passages, Exhibition in various churches in Recklinghausen (light installation)

1998       architectural exhibition, Wetter (floor painting)

                  Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997       what you missed in ¡®96, Vincenz Sala Gallery, Brüssel

1985-97  Verein für aktuelle Kunst , Oberhausen

1996        works on paper, Stefan Rasche Gallery, Münster

                  state of affairs, Gustav-Lübke-Museum, Hamm

1994       KunstKreuzKirche, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Dortmund (wall painting)

1993       Painterly Proposals, Weber Gallery, Münster

1992        Vincenz Sala Gallery, Berlin

1991        cross section, Karl-Ernst-Osthaus Museum, Hagen

                  Stipend Märkisches Stipendium, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid

1989-86                  exhibition of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation, Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Pels Leusden Gallery, Berlin

1988       Play off, Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin

 

Collections

AOK, Paderborn

The Art CollTrust, Bellevue, WA

Bank One, Chicago, IL

Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL

Capitol One Bank, Chicago

Ciba GmbH Bergkamen (floor painting)

City of Stuttgart (wall painting)

Clemens - Sels - Museum, Neuss

Commerzbank Landeszentrale, ErfurtDeutsche Ausgleichsbank, Bonn

Deutsche Effecten - und Wechsel - Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main

Center Court, The Hague, The Netherlands (wall painting)

Fidelity Investments, Boston

Gerling Kozern, Köln

The Hague, Ministry of culture, The Netherlands

Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA

Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel

KfW Bankengruppe, Bonn

Harvard College, Cambridge

Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, NH

Hotel Künstlerheim-Luise, Berlin (wall painting)

Krupp Konzern, Berlin

Krupp Konzern, Hannover (floor painting)

Kunsthalle Recklinghausen

Landesverband Lippe Lemgo (wall painting)

Land Nordrhein Westfalen / Fachhochschule Niederrhein (wall painting)

Museum Neue Galerie, Kassel

Nordstern Versicherung, Köln

Norddeutsche Landesbank, Hannover

The Progressive Corporation, Ohio, USA

Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt/Main

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

Senat der Stadt, Berlin

Collection Julien J. Studley Inc., Chicago, IL

UCLA Hammer Museum, University of California Los Angeles, CA

Volksbank, Ahlen

Volksbank, Heilbronn/Neckarsulm

Wellington Corporation, London

Wellsley College, MA

Werner Richard - Dr. Carl Dörken Stiftung Herdecke, Depositum Museum am Ostwall

West Collection, Philadelphia

Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund

 


 

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